Of elongated form, the neck flanked by two scrolling arms, the body cast with lotus leaf decoration, the lower section gadrooned above the waisted socle cast with lotus leaf decoration, supported on a square plinth

50 in. (127 cm.) high, 12¹⁄₂ in. (32 cm.) wide

Acquired from Carlton Hobbs, New York, March 2008.

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The Royal Prussian foundries were started by Prussian-born Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden (1752-1815), a pioneer of mining and metallurgy. The operation began in Gleiwitz in 1796, and Berlin in 1804, and both factories operated through the end of the 19th century. The relationship between the Royal Prussian iron foundries and Wedgewood began when Reden travelled to Britain in 1789 to study the new English and Scottish iron-working technologies. He purchased Wedwood jasper cameos and medallions depicting allegorical and classical scenes, later collecting larger Wedgwood wares like molds and vases. These served as the basis for many of the foundries output. In turn, Wedgewood cast copies of portrait medallions originally made by the Prussian foundries. The Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama houses one of the most impressive collections of 19th century decorative German cast-ironworks, including a remarkable two-handled vase after a Wedgewood design (2017.36).